Science City's Saturday STEM Seminars feature Kansas City area STEM professionals presenting hot topics in science, technology, engineering, and math while also sharing highlights of their education and career paths. The content is ideal for grade 7-12 students and for anyone interested in the STEM topics covered.
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Saturday STEM Seminar from February 3, 2024:
Music: It's a Total Brain Workout
Presented by Stephanie Ramirez, MA, CCC-SLP, CDCS. Speech-language pathologist at North Kansas City Hospital and certified dementia care specialist.
Keep your brain young with music! Research shows listening to music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain while improving sleep quality, mood, and cognitive function. At Science City's free Saturday STEM Seminar on Saturday, February 3, we explored the relationship between music and the brain, including how music promotes well-being, enhances learning, stimulates cognitive function, improves quality of life, induces happiness, and can even be used in therapy.